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Cryptic Masonry is the second part of the York Rite system of Masonic degrees, and the last found within the Rite that deals specifically with the Hiramic Legend. These degrees are the gateway to Temple restoration rituals or the Second Temple Legend. The body itself is known as either the Council of Royal & Select Masters or Council of Cryptic ...
The position of the Order of Royal and Select Masters among the Masonic appendant bodies in England and Wales. The Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of England and Wales and its Districts and Councils Overseas was formally constituted on 29 July 1873 by four English councils that had been chartered two years earlier by the York Rite Grand Council of New York (see Cryptic Masonry).
Grand Chapter of the USM - Ambassador - Ricardo Ruíz Guillén *The Grand Council of Cryptic Masons of México Located in the city of Guadalajara, state of Jalisco *The Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of México Located in Teteles, state of Puebla, and Presided (2019–2021) by: SK Omar Ali Gúzman Castillo as Eminent Grand Commander;
e. In Anglo-American Freemasonry, York Rite, sometimes referred to as the American Rite, [1][2][3] is one of several Rites of Freemasonry. It is named after York, in Yorkshire, England; where the legend of the Rite, was first practiced. A Rite is a series of progressive degrees that are conferred by various Masonic organizations or bodies, each ...
Freemasonry. The Order of Knight Masons is a chivalric Masonic order, open to all Master Masons who are also members of a Mark Lodge and a Royal Arch Chapter. Members of the order meet in Councils of Knight Masons which are governed by the Grand Council of Knight Masons based in Dublin, Ireland. A member of the group is a Knight Mason.
This is less common among American Masonic bodies, as many report to the state level alone. While a chapter bestows the Royal Arch degrees, and a council bestows the Cryptic degrees, a Knights Templar commandery bestows three orders and one preparatory degree onto its members.
In general, Continental Freemasonry is sympathetic to Freemasonry among women, dating from the 1890s when French lodges assisted the emergent co-masonic movement by promoting enough of their members to the 33rd degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite to allow them, in 1899, to form their own grand council, recognised by the other ...
v. t. e. Ye Antient Order of Noble Corks (American usage) or Ancient & Honourable Societas Korcorum Magnae Britanniae (Noble Order of Corks) (English usage), universally known, informally, as The Cork, is an informal degree allied to Freemasonry. [1] It is described as a "fun" degree, with charitable fund raising as a principal aim.